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  • Alternate Character Interpretation: Batgirl is the protector Gotham needs, even if she's a tad dictatorial? Or she exhibits the worst traits of the post-Frank Miller Batman and she's a paranoid, superhuman-hating jerkass who is more concerned with taking other heroes down and keeping them out of her private kingdom than ensuring that the Joker and other criminals stay behind bars?
  • Complete Monster: Lex Luthor is a respected businessman who helped revolutionized the city of Metropolis; his reputation is just a means to hide his greed and narcissism. Along with his accomplice Hamilton, Luthor murdered an infant Kal-El with kryptonite and used his corpse as an energy source for his labs, making him millions while he left Hamilton with nothing and ruined his life due to attempting to expose his crimes to the public. Luthor was also responsible for hiring Joe Chill to murder the Waynes, including their son Bruce Wayne, making him indirectly responsible for the death of Barbara Gordon's parents. Luthor conspires with The Joker to get rid of Supergirl and Batgirl, so he could use Supergirl's corpse the same way he did to her infant cousin. Having Joker beat Supergirl nearly to death, Luthor taunts her about the fact he'll make her species extinct, how he murdered her stillborn, and claimed he didn't murder anyone as aliens are worthless and have no equal rights as humans.
  • Harsher in Hindsight: The Joker having a crush on Batgirl was a disturbing concept back when this was released, even if it was played for laughs… but Death of the Family turned it into sheer nightmare fuel.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
    • If someone wasn't a fan of the dark tone of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, reading a story where Supergirl and Batgirl meet, and after Supergirl manages to reason with the paranoid, parahuman-hating Batgirl, they team up to take Lex Luthor down -and eventually befriend each other- instead of coming to blows is... heartening.
    • The Joker saying he is not behind money and he can't be bought reminds many of The Dark Knight...
    • Kara's suit is almost exactly like what Superman has worn since Flashpoint, with her cape coming out of her logo, the lack of Underwear of Power, and sleeves that go beyond her wrists. The only thing missing are the visible seams.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Batgirl isn't nice… at all. However her parents got murdered in front her when she was a child.
  • Moral Event Horizon: Luthor crosses it when it was revealed that he murdered baby Kal-El. And he feels absolutely no remorse, because "it was only an alien".

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